Martha Whelpley1

F, (1733 - 20 April 1820)
Father-Biological*Jonathan Whelpley1 b. 6 Aug 1698, d. 12 Nov 1772
Mother-Biological*Martha Pennoyer1 b. 1706, d. 1739
Last Edited=24 Feb 2023
Gravestone of Martha Clason
     Martha Whelpley was born in 1733 at Stamford, Connecticut.1 She was the daughter of Jonathan Whelpley and Martha Pennoyer.1

Martha Whelpley married Stephen Clason, age 26 , son of Stephen Clason and Ruth James, on 9 December 1762.

Children:
1. Isaac Clason (1763-1828)
2. Seth Clason (1764-1811)
3. Solomon Clason (1766-1848)
4. Abigail Clason (1768-1820)
5. Stephen Clason (1770-1777)
6. Ard Clason (1772-1825)
7. Benjamin Clason (1775-1838)
8. Stephen Clason (1778-1822.)2,3,4


Martha Whelpley died on 20 April 1820 at Stamford, Connecticut.5,6,1,7,3 She was buried at Roxbury Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut. Martha's epitaph reads:

MARTHA CLASON
WIFE OF
STEPHEN CLASON,
DIED
April 20, 1820
In the 87th year
of her age.1


Citations

  1. Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
  2. White, Lorraine Cook. Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection). Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2006.
  3. Lapham, William Berry. Stephen Clason of Stamford, Connecticut, in 1654 and Some of his Descendants. Augusta, Maine: Kennebec Journal, 1898.
  4. Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2016.
  5. Connecticut Department of Health. Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2011.
  6. Hale, Charles R. Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934. Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2012.
  7. Gravestone Inscription.